Don't Judge The Patriots Because They Had A Bad Day At The Office (Video)

Don’t Judge The Patriots Because They Had A Bad Day At The Office (Video)

Posted on February 07, 2012 by Joe Gill

Cut the Patriots some slack!

Folks, haven’t you had a bad day at work? Didn’t you go to the fridge and grab an adult beverage? Didn’t you call up your friends and say, “I need to get out and blow off some steam!”? That’s exactly what the New England Patriots did after their Super Bowl heart breaker to the New York Giants.

Are they supposed to cry in the shower?

This party was already planned win or lose. So what if Gronk and Matt Light took off their shirts and had some fun? They left everything on the field. It was a fantastic season and they will only get better next year.

Patriots fans, we are spoiled rotten. How many fan bases can say they have been to seven super bowls in their history never mind FIVE in the last 10 years? How many franchises have THREE championships?

Glass is half FULL, not empty!

With Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and Bob Kraft, the Patriots are going to remain competitive. So get a grip and cut the 2011 Patriots some friggin’ slack!

And to the NY media, shut the f*ck up and enjoy your parade!

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Vintage Athlete Of The Month: Andy Brickley
April 21, 2012 | 11:06 am

Andy Brickley

Andy Brickley’s voice is familiar throughout New England and to those of us out-of-market fans who get the NESN broadcasts via the NHL’s Center Ice package. Brickley is the top TV analyst for Boston Bruins’ hockey games. Most fans know he was a part of Boston’s 1989-90 teams that reached the Stanley Cup Finals. What many fans may not know is how hard Brickley has had to work for everything in his career. To pay tribute to his effort and to acknowledge his tremendous contributions to the culture of Boston Bruins hockey is why he is BST&N’s Vintage Athlete Of The Month for April.

The need to prove himself to skeptics started right away in college. Brickley went to school at New Hampshire, but had to walk on the hockey team. He made the squad and played all four years, from 1979-82. By the end of his career he had made first-team All-American and led New Hampshire to the Frozen Four in his senior year.

Two years into his college career he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft, but by the skin of his teeth—Brickley was the final player chosen in a 210-player draft, going to the Philadelphia Flyers. He began his pro career there in the fall of 1982, but a year later he was traded to Pittsburgh, as part of a package involving multiple players and draft picks.

By rights, this should have been the point when his career took off. He scored 18 goals in 50 games, the highest goal output of his career and also had 12 assists. But he ended up demoted to the minor leagues for the egregious sin of breaking curfew. To put the early 1980s in perspective, this was a time when frequent reports of players’ cocaine addictions were becoming public—in all sports. Seen in that light, the idea of demoting Brickley because he broke curfew seems absurd beyond belief.

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